Legacies

god, the light as it lands

on the rough tops

of pavements.

these textures below us,

all laid out by hands.

a patch in the street

where the tar doesn't

match right. a nailed

piece of wood

on the side of a shopfront.

the hard sides of buildings –

these permanent edges.

someone's fingers placing

a brick on wet cement.

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DS Maolalai has been nominated eight times for Best of the Net and five times for the Pushcart Prize. His poetry has been released in two collections, "Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden" (Encircle Press, 2016) and "Sad Havoc Among the Birds" (Turas Press, 2019)